6519/And Now For Something Completely Different: Coffee

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And Now For Something Completely Different: Coffee
Date of Scene: 10 June 2021
Location: Cafe Lalo
Synopsis: Jessica has coffee for a change. It was a bad idea. She meets an old high school sorta kinda someone? At least she didn't get called Coma Girl, so there's that.
Cast of Characters: Jessica Jones, Peter Parker




Jessica Jones has posed:
One would usually bump into Jessica Jones at a bar, if it's in NYC and they sell alcohol, there's a good chance she might be there. Unfortunately, as a P.I. she sometimes HAS to be sober as fuck. To that end, she adds to the usual alcohol poisoning, a good dose of caffeine poisoning as well. It somehow balances in the end, right? RIGHT!?

As it were, she's standing by the dessert display at Lalo, pondering if she should indulge while already ordering, "give me a double espresso, and make it 3 orders of that...and one of those sugar fests with chocolate, whatever they're called...thanks." She pays, and takes the number to her table.

Peter Parker has posed:
Peter is almost always on the move, and it's hard to slow down, even with the cessation of the Spring Semester. But he's trying.

And he steps inside, he looks around, eyes searching until he finds the menu. He pauses again, then a barista with a tablet approaches. "What would you like?"
"Uh...orange juice, slice of lemon. Tall."
"And the name?"
"...Parker."

Jessica Jones has posed:
"Parker...?" Jessica says as she looks up in surprise at the familiar voice, and the familiar name, "Peter Parker from Midtown High?" She asks, squinting her eyes, there's an odd happenstance. "Erm...remember me?" She asks cautiously. She was after all mostly famous as 'coma girl' after that whole sad ordeal with the accident and full two years of coma, which got her stuck behind in High School.

Peter Parker has posed:
Peter looks up, slightly startled. The voice was like something out of a dream, where random things pop up out of nowhere.
Then he looked towards the source of the voice. "No way..."
Coma Girl?
"...Jessie? Oh, my God, JESSICA?"

Jessica Jones has posed:
Jessica was half expecting to be called 'Coma Girl', so when he tries Jessie and Jessica, she actually smiles and waves him over, "you can join me if you like. I see you're still alive, so, obviously you've done well for yourself in this crazy city." When her order is served, she immediately reaches for the first double espresso and drinks it.

Peter Parker has posed:
Peter smiles. He still has that goofy, apologetic smile he always had, but there's something different. More...grown-up, right behind the eyes. He has the look of someone with something always in the back of his mind.
He walks up to the chair, then waves to the barista. "Yeah, well, it's been ups and downs. First tell me about YOU, Jessica. I kinda lost track after graduation..."

Jessica Jones has posed:
"It's easy to lose track of me," Jessica scoffs, "nobody really cared about me in high school." She takes a deep breath, wishes the espresso was spiked, and downs the second one. Finally reaching to nibble on the pastry, "so you're in college now?" She asks, "you were always a science nerd, no?" Yeah, she didn't answer the question at all.

Peter Parker has posed:
Peter tilted his head. "Hey, that's a bit rough. True, we didn't know each other very well, but under the circumstances..." He paused. "...and you didn't exactly answer the question, Jessie. How about we do this? I'll give you straight answers if you return the favor?"

Jessica Jones has posed:
"I'm pretty sure first time you spoke to me directly was to tell me you felt sorry for me for being an orphan, and you knew what that felt like...so..." Jessica recalls quite vividly, sure he meant well, but that remark actually hurt her deeply. Pity was the last thing she wanted. "Aren't you sharp..." she smirks, and sighs, before fishing into the pocket of her jeans and flicking a business card for Alias Investigations towards Peter, "you ever have a case to solve, you can reach out for me. And no, this isn't some clever ruse to give you my phone number, ok?"

Peter Parker has posed:
Peter took the card, looking at it, his eyebrows rising. "WOW. That's pretty awesome." He looked over the card's edge to Jessica. "Okay, well, I'm not THAT surprised. You always had a way of reading people, even back then. You could...well, SEE people. I kinda envied that."

Jessica Jones has posed:
"I guess it sounds cool, doesn't it? It's not quite James Bond, but it has it's moments..." thanks to movies and shows, everyone has different ideas about what a P.I. does and for the most part Jess doesn't correct them. "I do pay attention to details, like how people don't like me and want nothing to do with me," she remarks with a smirk. Well, she wasn't the most popular an high school, that's an understatement, that was reserved for Mary Jane and the cool kids.

"Nice to know you noticed me though, it's flattering...," Jessica notes before poking, "so...science classes in college or you're already a PhD?" Naturally, she doesn't remark she already knows he works for the Bugle.

Peter Parker has posed:
Peter looked thoughtful for a long moment. "A LOT of science classes. Going for the NeuroScience program track. Just finished my first year, so a ways to go."

He paused. "Listen...I work as a lab tech for KordCo. Work-study for my scholarship to Empire State University. But I still have all of my photography equipment from when I take pics for the Bugle. Yeah, I still do that. The thing is, I also have stuff like a mini-drone that can take pictures. And...I also have the lab me and Uncle Ben put together, in the basement. It handles a lot of stuff...but a lot of it can be used for forensic science. I'm just saying, if you need any help like that...maybe I can help. Maybe I can even get you the digits for a certain wall-crawling vigilante I've taken a lot of pics of."

Jessica Jones has posed:
"Oh, that's cool...so, you're on your way to an actual work with a real salary, congratulations Peter, I'll expect to read about your Nobel prize one day." She arches a curious brow at the mention of having a handy forensic lab without NYPD favors. "That's good to know, I'll consider it, I appreciate the tip." She laughs, "that's how you do it, don't you? The pictures? You fucking know the guy, I knew it wasn't a coincidence..."

Peter Parker has posed:
Peter took a deep breath.

It wasn't like she was a stranger. And besides...how counter-productive to lie to a detective, not to mention a friend? And they WERE on the same side, after all...

"Okay...I should tell you a secret, but you gotta promise not to freak out."

Jessica Jones has posed:
"Wow, wow, wow, I can't be doing freaking out level secrets," Jessica says while raising her hands, "you know, actually, I remembered I have a meeting I am late to. Catch up with you soon!" No telling what she thought the secret might be, but either way, Jessica is rushing out of there.